Expressing the support of the Mayor and Council for the integration of multi-modal accommodations, including bicycle, pedestrian and public transit, into the design of the new Paseo Bridge and directing the City Clerk to distribute copies of this resolution to appropriate officials.

Expressing the support of the
Mayor and Council for the integration of multi-modal accommodations, including
bicycle, pedestrian and public transit, into the design of the new Paseo Bridge and directing the City Clerk to distribute copies of this resolution to
appropriate officials.

WHEREAS, the Missouri
Department of Transportation is in the planning stages for a new Paseo Bridge; and

WHEREAS, this new
bridge is a special opportunity for the Kansas City area because the project is
now funded and will be accomplished; and

WHEREAS, it is
essential that the current and future needs of people be considered and
integrated into the development of the new bridge; and

WHEREAS, no bridge in
the Kansas City area provides safe bicycling or pedestrian access across the Missouri River; and

WHEREAS, every major
bridge, planned or built, in Missouri in recent years has included bicycling
and/or pedestrian access, these bridges including:

Lexington (Highway 13)

Boonville
(Highway 40)

Herman (Highway
19 planned)

Washington (Highway 47 planned)

St. Louis (Page Avenue)

St. Louis (Chain of Rocks Bridge)

St. Louis ( Eads Bridge - walkway)

St. Louis ( McKinley Bridge bicycle lanes)

Cape Girardeau (Emerson Bridge)

Hannibal (I-72 Bridge)

WHEREAS, the St. Louis area has multiple bridges incorporating bicycling and pedestrian access across
the Missouri River and Mississippi River, including:

Page Avenue Bridge

Chain of Rocks Bridge

Eads Bridge

McKinley Bridge

Lewis and Clark Bridge

Highway 360
Bridge

WHEREAS, inclusion of
bicycle and pedestrian access has become the standard practice in the planning
and construction of bridges similar to the new Paseo Bridge throughout the United States; and

WHEREAS, the
importance of establishing bicycle, pedestrian and public transit access across
the Missouri River for the current development and welfare of the Kansas City
area cannot be overstated; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the
Mayor and Council strongly urge the Missouri Department of Transportation to
incorporate into the planning and construction of the new Paseo Bridge bicycle, pedestrian and public transit access across the Missouri River.

Section 2. That the
Mayor and Council direct the City Clerk to provide copies of this resolution to
the following officials to reinforce the Mayor and Councils strong commitment
to the development of appropriate and necessary bicycle, pedestrian and public
transit access across the Missouri River as part of the new Paseo Bridge
project: